RAPID: Pandemic Anxiety, Recovery, and Inequality: Evaluating Institutions and Policy in a Coronavirus Hotspot

COVID-19大流行同时对美国社会释放了健康和经济威胁，每一个都产生了焦虑。最终，恢复将需要在隔离期和旨在减缓病毒传播的社交隔离措施之后重新融入社会和经济结构。面对这些威胁的焦虑会在多大程度上抑制下游的复苏？该项目的目的是了解路易斯安那州成年人代表性样本的焦虑和康复经历，路易斯安那州是冠状病毒热点，其COVID-19死亡率是全国最致命的之一。这项拟议中的研究还将为政府官员提供指导，说明焦虑如何抑制经济和健康复苏，即使威胁的经历发生了变化。为了衡量焦虑的持久性及其对社会信任和参与的影响，将使用YouGov在路易斯安那州成年居民的四波代表小组中收集数据。调查人员将衡量受访者对健康和经济威胁的暴露程度及其焦虑程度，以及结果变量，包括对恢复进展的看法;对机构，领导人和社区居民的信任;公民，社会和经济活动;以及对旨在减轻威胁影响或重新开放经济的政策的支持。这项研究的主要贡献将是将分析范围从焦虑的直接，短期影响扩展到长期模式，焦虑持续存在并对社会和经济参与产生下游后果，以及加深我们对焦虑如何与社会和经济判断相关的个体差异的理解。该项目由问责机构和行为（AIB）联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously unleashed health and economic threats on American society, each of which produces anxiety. Ultimately, recovery will require reintegration into the social and economic fabric after periods defined by quarantine and social distancing measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. To what extent will experiences of anxiety in the face of these threats curb downstream recovery? The objective of this project is to understand experiences of anxiety and recovery among a representative sample of adults in Louisiana, a coronavirus hotspot whose COVID-19 mortality rate is one of the deadliest in the nation. The proposed study will also offer guidance to governing officials in how anxiety inhibits economic and health recovery even as the experiences of threat change. To measure the durability of anxiety and its effects on social trust and engagement, data will be collected in a four-wave representative panel of adult Louisiana residents using YouGov. The investigators will measure respondents’ exposure to the health and economic threats and their anxiety over them, as well as outcome variables including perceptions of progress of recovery; trust in institutions, leaders, and residents of their communities; civic, social, and economic activity; and support for policies aimed at mitigating threat impact or reopening the economy. The major contribution of this study will be to extend the scope of analysis from the immediate, short-run effects of anxiety to the long-run patterns by which anxiety persists and has downstream consequences for social and economic engagement, as well as deepen our understanding individual differences in how anxiety is associated with social and economic judgments.This project is jointly funded by the Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.